IDA La Grisette
Brasserie Dunham

 

8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square.

This beer appears a clear, pale golden straw colour, with one finger of puffy, loosely foamy, and somewhat bubbly bone-white head, which leaves some decent sloppy paint job lace around the glass as things slowly progress.

It smells of gritty and grainy cereal malt, some earthy yeastiness, a further wet Wheat Thins thing, some tame generic ground pepper spiciness, and plain weedy, leafy, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is grainy and crackery pale malt, more edgy wheatiness, slightly phenolic yeasty notes, fading table-top black pepper, and more understated earthy, musty, and herbal hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its structurally sound frothiness, the body a moderate middleweight, and generally smooth, with only a touch of yeast astringency maybe taking a notch out of the proceedings at this particular juncture. It finishes trending dry, the malt appearing to be starting to give up the proverbial ghost.

Overall - this comes across as a pleasantly rendered version of the style, one that seems like an even drier variant of the base Saison. Crisp, easy to drink, and almost worth the elevated price tag for a non-imported brew around here.

 

 

 

On the mark in style, with a spot of vinegar in the finish. Dry though above average mouthfeel. OK drinkable, even getting some hop taste. Brian’s bottle, who believes it is Dunham all the way on this collab.r